Second master

Second master (French: Second-maître) is a military rank used in multiple Francophone navies across the world as well as a former rating in the Royal Navy.

United Kingdom

Second master was introduced in 1753 and indicated a deputy master on third-rate ships of the line or larger.

Second masters were paid significantly more than master's mates, £5 5s per month.^[1] A second master was generally a master's mate who had passed his examination for master and was deemed worthy of being master of a vessel. Second masters were given the first opportunity for master vacancies as they occurred.^[2]

Master's mates also acted as second master of vessels too small to be allocated a warranted master.^[3]

Gallery

Tweede meester
French: Second-maître
German: Zweiter Meister
(Belgian Navy)^[4]
Second-maître
(Cameroon Navy)
Second-maître
(Navy of the DR Congo)
Second-maître
(Congolese Navy)^[5]
Second-maître
(Djiboutian Navy)
Second-maître
(French Navy)^[6]
Second-maître
(Gabonese Navy)
Second-maître
(Guinean Navy)
Second-maître
(Navy of Ivory Coast)^[7]
Segundo maestre
(Mexican Navy)^[8]
Second-maître
(Senegalese Navy)
Second-maître
(Togolese Navy)^[9]

Footnotes

^ Lavery, Brian (1989). Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. p. 326. ISBN 0-87021-258-3.
^ Rodger, N.A.M. (1986). The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-87021-987-1.
^ "Officer ranks in the Royal Navy". Retrieved 25 April 2009.
^ "Marinecomponent". mil.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
^ "Grades appellations distinctions". defense.gouv.cg (in French). Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "Instruction n°1 DEF/EMM/RH/CPM relative aux uniformes et tenues dans la Marine du 15 juin 2004" (in French). 15 June 2004. pp. 3793–3867. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
^ "GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS". defense.gouv.ci (in French). Ministère de la Défense. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ Secretariat of the Navy (21 November 2005). "Reglamento De Uniformes, Condecoraciones, Divisas Y Distintivos De Laarmada De México" (PDF). SEMAR (in Spanish). pp. 80–83. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Journal officiel de la république togolaise" (PDF) (in French). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[Lavery326-1] Lavery, Brian (1989). Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization. Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. p. 326. ISBN 0-87021-258-3.

[wooden-2] Rodger, N.A.M. (1986). The Wooden World: An Anatomy of the Georgian Navy. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. p. 216. ISBN 0-87021-987-1.

[officerranks-3] "Officer ranks in the Royal Navy". Retrieved 25 April 2009.

[Belgium_Navy-4] "Marinecomponent". mil.be (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 25 November 2021.

[RepublicoftheCongo-5] "Grades appellations distinctions". defense.gouv.cg (in French). Ministry of National Defense (Republic of the Congo). Retrieved 7 June 2021.

[FranceNavy-6] "Instruction n°1 DEF/EMM/RH/CPM relative aux uniformes et tenues dans la Marine du 15 juin 2004" (in French). 15 June 2004. pp. 3793–3867. Retrieved 4 June 2021.

[IvoryCoast-7] "GRADES / APPELLATIONS / DISTINCTIONS". defense.gouv.ci (in French). Ministère de la Défense. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[Mexico_Navy-8] Secretariat of the Navy (21 November 2005). "Reglamento De Uniformes, Condecoraciones, Divisas Y Distintivos De Laarmada De México" (PDF). SEMAR (in Spanish). pp. 80–83. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[Togo-9] "Journal officiel de la république togolaise" (PDF) (in French). 12 February 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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